Resources

Is the strategic plan dead? Over the past two decades there has been a noticeable trend towards questioning the validity of the traditional strategic planning process. After all, the traditional 3-5 year strategic plan emerged from military practice following WW2, was adapted by the corporate sector during a period of relative stability and evolved into a non-profit activity in [...]

In December, Council of Social Services (Dunedin) joined forces with other local groups to bring to Dunedin an internationally-recognised expert in neighbourhood development, Jim Diers. Jim has kindly made his PowerPoint slides available to download: Breakfast presentation: Building government-community partnerships (PDF, 10.8 MB) Workshop 1: Creating effective partnerships by rebuilding community and reorienting agencies (PDF, [...]

Inspiring Communities, Creative New Zealand, and the Department of Internal Affairs have produced a report on research into business’ current practices, needs, motivations  and experience supporting community organisations. The report includes practical steps and useful advice for community organisations, to help build strategic relationships with businesses that are beneficial to the business and the community. Engagement [...]

The New Zealand Red Cross have launched a new website aimed at helping young people to find tips for getting through hard times. Address the Stress features some high profile New Zealanders including Dan Carter, Sarah Walker, and Dai Henwood – as well as tips sourced from young people.

Community Economic Development’s research literature review summary is a quick read with some valuable information. The review explores the following key concepts: Community Economic Development (CED) Social Economy Social Enterprise Social Entrepreneurship Social Innovation Community Ownership of Assets Social Finance and Investment Social Value and Impact Assessment … in terms of their history, theroretical frameworks and [...]

Spot prizes are given at a wide range of not-for-profit events but – of course they have to be conducted according to the law. Spot prize draws accompanying entry fees involve ‘chance’ and under the Gambling Act, are qualify as ‘gambling’. Not-for-profit clubs, organisations or groups can have prize draws at their contests or tournaments. [...]

Associate Minister of Health Jo Goodhew has launched CarersAir, a new online space for family carers to watch, listen, read, share, and learn. CarersAir has been developed by Carers New Zealand with support from a range of public, private, and community partners, and will automatically update carers about topics of interest every time they visit the portal, saving their ‘favourites’ [...]

Voluntary Arts England and Volunteering England have released a free toolkit to support small and medium-sized arts groups who struggle to improve the support they offer volunteers. The toolkit includes: Ideas, suggestions and recommendations A range of checklists for those new to working with volunteers A range of case studies to celebrate what is already happening across [...]

The Security Central website is designed to be a  one stop shop for individuals and small organisations in New Zealand looking for free and simple to follow computer security advice from NetSafe and selected security partners. NetSafe has been tasked under the government’s Cyber Security Strategy with raising awareness of cyber security issues as more and more [...]

Health Navigator NZ is a not-for-profit initiative led by clinicians and consumers in response to the need for a central place to find reliable and trustworthy health information and self-help resources. It aims to provide a centralised resource of accurate and reliable health information, tools, and resources. The aim is to support, equip, and enable [...]

The Community Law Manual sets out comprehensive legal information for everyday users. The 2012-13 edition is the first to be made freely available online. The Community Law Manual deals with many areas of community and personal life and provides answers and solutions to common legal questions, including: The New Zealand legal system Human rights Legal [...]

Sport New Zealand has developed nine-step guide to using social media for organisations who haven’t used it before. It was developed in early 2012 and is appropriate for any charity to use. Download the nine-step guide to using social media (Microsoft Word, 5.5 MB). Sport NZ’s webpage also contains examples of some successful use of social media [...]